EMG Geezer Butler PJ Bass Pickup Set

EMG Pickups along with legendary artist Geezer Butler have collaborated to develop the GZR-P and GZR-PJ signature bass sets. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bass player started working with EMG founder Rob Turner in 2011 looking to find the classic bass tone he had in Black Sabbath's early days. As Geezer and Black Sabbath moved from studio to touring in 2013 the final component of getting the classic Geezer tone was in play, the rigors of a world tour.

To recapture Geezer's early Black Sabbath tone, it meant a new EMG vintage style passive P & PJ design with a few modern touches. The all solderless P set uses Alnico 5 pole pieces and custom wound coils for just the right amount of punch and grit. The J (PJ set) also uses Alnico 5 poles and features two custom wound split-coils that both eliminate the noise and hum usually associated with early 70's bass pickups and allow for more power and volume than any other standard single coil J giving this set remarkable balance between the P & J. The result is unmistakable early Geezer Butler bass tone with deep, tight low end that you can hear on "Iron Man", "War Pigs", and "Paranoid" just like 1970's. Said Geezer, "I never felt comfortable giving my name to any other pickups, but this time these have blown me away."

Geezer Butler talks about recording with Black Sabbath and his signature EMG pickups that he's using on tour:

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I just purchased from zZounds and they brought my Squier to life . I can turn all the way up and dont hear all that noise like with. Stock Squier pick ups. Great rock or metal pick ups sounds like the 70s basses like Geezer says on you tube .Easy quick connect install . I contacted EMG because I have a barrel jack they walked me through install.

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These sound so much better than stock and the plug and play install was great! Made my now custom Squier sound fantastic. Very high quality components on the plugs, very impressed! Would definitely buy another set.

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